Trash to Treasure
My workplace had a 20 in. LCD monitor (a $300+ value) that was broken for quite some time. After several attempts had been made at diagnosing the problem it was placed on the ’scrap/recycle’ pile. After receiving permission to take it away I promptly researched and found the issue and the correct component needed to resurrect the hardware. $45 later (courtesy ebay) we now enjoy the beauty, space savings and energy efficiency of a 20 inch UltraSharp display.
Remember, before you dispose of etrash (monitors, PCs, old telephones, etc) find out if your local city/county has any sort of recycling program for such items. Bryan-College Station has such a collection day twice a year. The next event is scheduled for October 20th, 9am-4pm. Your local Freecycle group is also a great place to be responsible with items like these. Several organizations take old equipment, refurbish it and donate it to needy children and families and other programs.
I love y’all.
I hear that BestBuy has an e-waste program. Which is largely the reason I decided not to launch a national, non-profit, e-wate campaign that was to be partnered with tech-like stores (their parking lots), PODS, and homeless peoples of D/FW.
If you don’t want to wait until October you can also drop stuff at the Byran Recycling Center in the Bryan Wal-mart parking lot.
http://www.eiae.org/recycler/program_details.php?ID=1310&state=TX